From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 4/8] perf timechart: Remove unnecessary copy of backtrace
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:58:30 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260624205852.3864874-5-namhyung@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260624205852.3864874-1-namhyung@kernel.org>
The pattern of strdup() and free() is found, and I think it just can
use the original backtrace directly.
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
---
tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
index 4efac73a714c5e5f..04dbb944a42720b4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ static void pid_put_sample(struct timechart *tchart, int pid, int type,
sample->type = type;
sample->next = c->samples;
sample->cpu = cpu;
- sample->backtrace = backtrace ? strdup(backtrace) : NULL;
+ sample->backtrace = backtrace;
c->samples = sample;
if (sample->type == TYPE_RUNNING && end > start && start > 0) {
@@ -429,12 +429,14 @@ static void sched_wakeup(struct timechart *tchart, int cpu, u64 timestamp,
struct per_pid *p;
struct wake_event *we = zalloc(sizeof(*we));
- if (!we)
+ if (!we) {
+ free((char *)backtrace);
return;
+ }
we->time = timestamp;
we->waker = waker;
- we->backtrace = backtrace ? strdup(backtrace) : NULL;
+ we->backtrace = backtrace;
if ((flags & TRACE_FLAG_HARDIRQ) || (flags & TRACE_FLAG_SOFTIRQ))
we->waker = -1;
@@ -461,20 +463,28 @@ static void sched_switch(struct timechart *tchart, int cpu, u64 timestamp,
const char *backtrace)
{
struct per_pid *p = NULL, *prev_p;
+ bool backtrace_used = false;
prev_p = find_create_pid(tchart, prev_pid);
p = find_create_pid(tchart, next_pid);
- if (prev_p->current && prev_p->current->state != TYPE_NONE)
+ if (prev_p->current && prev_p->current->state != TYPE_NONE) {
pid_put_sample(tchart, prev_pid, TYPE_RUNNING, cpu,
prev_p->current->state_since, timestamp,
backtrace);
+ backtrace_used = true;
+ }
if (p && p->current) {
- if (p->current->state != TYPE_NONE)
+ if (p->current->state != TYPE_NONE) {
+ if (backtrace && backtrace_used)
+ backtrace = strdup(backtrace);
+
pid_put_sample(tchart, next_pid, p->current->state, cpu,
p->current->state_since, timestamp,
backtrace);
+ backtrace_used = true;
+ }
p->current->state_since = timestamp;
p->current->state = TYPE_RUNNING;
@@ -488,6 +498,9 @@ static void sched_switch(struct timechart *tchart, int cpu, u64 timestamp,
if (prev_state == 0)
prev_p->current->state = TYPE_WAITING;
}
+
+ if (!backtrace_used)
+ free((char *)backtrace);
}
/*
@@ -655,7 +668,6 @@ process_sample_sched_wakeup(struct timechart *tchart,
backtrace = cat_backtrace(sample, &tchart->session->machines.host);
sched_wakeup(tchart, sample->cpu, sample->time, waker, wakee, flags, backtrace);
- free((char *)backtrace);
return 0;
}
@@ -678,7 +690,6 @@ process_sample_sched_switch(struct timechart *tchart,
backtrace = cat_backtrace(sample, &tchart->session->machines.host);
sched_switch(tchart, sample->cpu, sample->time, prev_pid, next_pid,
prev_state, backtrace);
- free((char *)backtrace);
return 0;
}
--
2.55.0.rc0.799.gd6f94ed593-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-24 20:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-24 20:58 [PATCH v3 0/8] perf timechart: Fix memory leaks Namhyung Kim
2026-06-24 20:58 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] perf timechart: Don't pass @event to cat_backtrace() Namhyung Kim
2026-06-24 20:58 ` [PATCH v3 2/8] perf timechart: Generate backtrace only if needed Namhyung Kim
2026-06-24 20:58 ` [PATCH v3 3/8] perf timechart: Remove unused backtrace in trace_handler Namhyung Kim
2026-06-24 20:58 ` Namhyung Kim [this message]
2026-06-24 20:58 ` [PATCH v3 5/8] perf timechart: Release event samples at the end Namhyung Kim
2026-06-24 20:58 ` [PATCH v3 6/8] perf timechart: Fix memory leaks during record Namhyung Kim
2026-06-24 21:06 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-24 23:49 ` Namhyung Kim
2026-06-24 20:58 ` [PATCH v3 7/8] perf timechart: Fix memory leaks in draw_wakeups() Namhyung Kim
2026-06-24 20:58 ` [PATCH v3 8/8] perf test: Update perf timechart test Namhyung Kim
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